Famous Quotes & Sayings

Godfrey Gao

My childhood dream was to play basketball, actually.

Giorgio Armani

The interesting thing about basketball is that it is played recreationally all over the world in playgrounds where people shoot hoops. Perhaps it is because of this that the look of the game seems to have been able to cross over into streetwear more easily than that of some sports that are confined to more specialist arenas.

J. K. Rowling

The Chasers throw the Quaffle and put it through the hoops to score,” Harry recited. “So — that’s sort of like basketball on broomsticks with six hoops, isn’t it?” “What’s basketball?” said Wood curiously. “Never mind,” said Harry quickly.

Nate Ruess

I'm not going to lie. I check the iTunes charts. It's all about the iTunes charts. I only go on the Internet for the iTunes charts and basketball blogs.

Kelvin Sampson

Our offensive philosophy is to simply find a way to get the ball into the hands of our team's best player.

Kemmons Wilson

A successful person realizes his personal responsibility for self-motivation. He starts with himself because he possesses the key to his own ignition switch.

Kris Humphries

I'm someone who always comes on the court no matter what's going on in my life. It's all about basketball and my teammates and my team. I don't let any distractions in, and I bring my best every night, regardless of what's going on or what people are talking about.

Kevin Nealon

Any time you do an Adam Sandler film, it's kind of like a boys' club, because you're hanging out and there are guitars around, and basketballs and footballs and electric bikes and scooters and different people dropping by.

Kevin Ollie

I'm not chasing championships. Championship's chasing us. I'm not doing that. I want my players to be better people once they leave campus because this is a life lesson. This is more than basketball. This is life lessons that we're trying to teach.

Kevin Ollie

You don't go through life, you grow through life

Kay Yow

This is a mind over matter thing. We have to find it within ourselves to play for two hours. We love the game, so it's not like we're doing something we hate. We're doing something we love.

There's always a prize if you win something. But just being a basketball player should be motivation enough. Every time you play the game should be enough.

There's a lot of things that didn't go well today but the biggest thing is that we didn't shoot the basketball well. We just couldn't buy a basket today.

Tim Ryan

There's an old basketball saying. You recruit offense; you teach guys how to play defense. Not saying anything about his defense - I'm saying that in general. I think his lateral movement is quick enough. That's what you look for.

There was a lot of hype about, 'Oh, Ring can't play football. His dad's a basketball coach. He needs to stick to that,' ... There were rumors about that going around. But I just felt like I had to come out here and prove myself and prove that Ring isn't just a basketball name. Ring can play football, too.

At halftime I said we've played three really good halves of basketball. We didn't get that fourth half.

At Fork Union, Coach pushes all of us on the field and if you're not working hard, you know the next guy will just step up and take your spot. We all push each other and practice hard. Competition is something that's part of being here. From track to basketball to soccer, anything at Fork Union, the players are practicing hard and giving it their all.

Brian Johnson

At first, the mindset of some of the guys was not to play in the NIT. The way they looked at it was, 'Oh, it's just the NIT.' But that was no big deal to me. I just looked at is as another opportunity to play basketball and it's been real valuable for me.

At first, I was upset with my sister. But she really likes basketball. It was her decision. And it's worked out well for her. She's really gotten so much better (in basketball).

(Assistant coach Johnny Kidd) put the keys to the game on the board before the game, which is important. But I said, 'You've got to remember, 90 percent of your brain has got to be filled with heart and desire.' You've got to respect the basketball and do the technical things, but you've got to play with a lot of heart.

Bill Cowher

As we get closer to this, a lot of those things will be cut down. At the same time, why not go out and enjoy a basketball or hockey game?

Gilbert Arenas

As well as they played in Game 1, we thought we destroyed ourselves. We didn't play our kind of basketball. We didn't do anything we preached. We decided to come out here (last night) and play our brand of basketball.

Guy Davis

As proud as we are of you for the way you grew on the basketball court, we're even prouder of the way you've grown academically. You took the role of student/athlete seriously, and you're seeing the results of all that work now.

Marv Albert

As much as I enjoy TV, I've always loved radio. And I love doing the NFL games, the Monday night games, on radio. Because you are the game. I really enjoyed calling basketball and hockey on the radio, but the presentation is more specific - you're talking all the time.

Tom Johnson

As much as anything, it's a great basketball job,

As more and more people like college basketball and filling out their brackets, the popularity of the show increases.

All of us enjoyed making the trip to Kentucky. The players were able to see a different part of the country which was a really good experience for them. And there were some good teams represented. It was also interesting to see that there are different rules pertaining to high school basketball played in Kentucky as opposed to the rules for basketball in Texas.

A basketball game is all about runs. It's about who has the momentum at crunch time. We found it in our hearts to find the momentum in the second quarter and the fourth quarter.

John Carroll

A big part of the relationship is because of his lifestyle and his relevance to teenagers right now. It's not just the way he plays on the basketball court.

Roy H. Williams

The more you invest, the more you can take out of something, whether it's the stock market or investing more interest and enthusiasm in a basketball game. When you leave, you should feel like you've been part of it.

Michael Mandelbaum

If architecture is, as is sometimes said, music set in concrete, then football and basketball may be said to be creativity embodied in team sports.

Michael Eisner

I gravitate toward the team thing. I'm not a golfer - I much prefer basketball.

Michael Douglas

Basketball is great; no one in Europe seems to believe just how close the spectators can sit to the players.